| Sesame Street | |||||
| Biff plants a tree (repeat of 1287) | |||||
| Air date | March 2, 1981 | ||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | The Count pulls up on Sesame Street in his Countmobile and notices Luis working on an iron at the Fix-It Shop. This inspires the Count to count jobs people have. He notices Susan in her nurse's uniform on her way to work, making two kinds of jobs. Luis points the Count toward another job he might want to count. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | The Count counts a meter maid, who hands him a ticket for parking next to the fire hydrant. |
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Animation | Blocks form a ramp and a tunnel. (First: Episode 1446) |
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Muppets | On a boring day, two hipsters sing "Meet Me at the Bus Stop" and decide to do so. (First: Episode 1451) |
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Cartoon | A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A. (First: Episode 0781) |
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Film | Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0367) |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: A soap box racer loses its front wheel. Thelma comes to the rescue by pulling the racer. |
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Insert | Big Bird sings about "Wheels on My Feet" while roller skating down the street. (First: Episode 1483) |
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Cartoon | Two itchy gorillas agree to scratch each other's backs. (First: Episode 1456) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: A for airplane (First: Episode 0770) |
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Animation | Pieces of fruit make their way out of a basket and arrange themselves into groups. (First: Episode 1464) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie and Jason recite the alphabet together. Jason says a word that begins with each letter. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C - Cap (First: Episode 0154) |
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SCENE 2 | Biff does some digging in the street, when he realizes it's lunch time. However, he can't seem to find his lunchbox with his usual ham-and-cheese sandwich. He notices Maria giving Luis some "jamon con queso" and asks what's going on. Luis offers one of the sandwiches to him, but Biff claims he doesn't go for foreign food, until he learns "jamon y queso" is Spanish for Biff's favorite sandwich. |
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Cartoon | Words that begin with A, ending with ambulance Animated by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya? (First: Episode 0293) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Pretty Baby." (First: Episode 0040) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Grover and Debo to identify his letter A. Grover has no idea. When Dabo says "A," Kermit says "Ay" to someone offscreen. (First: Episode 0629) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria and the kids admire a tree Biff has just planted, though he thinks it was a total waste of his time. They all tell him the many different things trees are good for. He sees the value in the tree and decides to rest under its meager shade, apologizing to it. |
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Cartoon | A poem about changing seasons. (First: Episode 0962) |
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Film | A baker decorates a birthday cake to a jazz percussion beat. (First: Episode 1172) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam is looking for the biggest man in the saloon. The frightened customers point him towards Big Barney, who's cowering under the table. When Sam discovers that Barney is the biggest man there, he gives him a hat: "This ol' hat here don't fit me. I thought maybe you could use it, huh? I'll see you, fellers." Sinister Sam leaves the baffled customers behind. "Now, that's a nice gesture," one says. "He's a little weird, but he's okay after all, isn't he?" (First: Episode 0281) |
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Insert | Big Bird sings "I Say Banana" with R2-D2. (First: Episode 1403) |
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Cartoon | A can opens to reveal 10 sardines. (First: Episode 1295) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "What Babies Are Called" (First: Episode 0096) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing a Cookie — Bert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie. (First: Episode 0472) |
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Cartoon | A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | A girl catches a lobster. (First: Episode 1125) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar doesn't like the nice music coming from Susan's radio and fetches his recorder to play some Grouch music, which is all loud noises. |
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Film | The Flashettes track team trains for an upcoming race. (First: Episode 1151) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton sings "Wavin' Goodbye to You with My Heart." (First: Episode 1475) |
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Cartoon | Two Elephants Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1457) |
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Film | Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo. (First: Episode 0364) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar comes across Susan's radio, which she left behind. He thumbs through some of the yucky stations, when he finds he's able to hear two at once, producing a rotten sound! Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while the kids hold the CTW sign. |
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